as in seducer
one that tries to get a person to give in to a desire
there is no greater tempter to put off studying than my dog when he wants to play
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Recent Examples of tempter
Though stunt men and women had lent their skills, bones and sometimes very lives to the cause of motion picture entertainment, the contributions of the risk takers, daredevils and fate tempters was usually unbilled and little acknowledged.
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Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 14 June 2025
The men live with a group of single women, known as the temptresses, while the women move in with a group of single men, dubbed the tempters.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Jesus again rejects material gain, and finally banishes the tempter: Satan is not the real God, because there is only one God; the Devil doesn’t have the best tunes.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
Dre Kirkpatrick let his tempter get the best of him after Arizona had stopped Seattle on third down and during a confrontation with the Seahawks’ Metcalf, got hit with a costly 15-yard taunting penalty that changed the entire complexion of the situation.
—Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2020
In Smith’s parable, art inscribes an intimate way of seeing—and Bowles, the tempter, leads writers to betray that vision for quick hits of affirmation.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2021
The next day, Sunday, July 21, 1940, while attending a service in Holy Trinity Church, Lewis imagined a book consisting of the correspondence between a senior devil, Screwtape, and his junior tempter, Wormwood.
—Joseph Loconte, National Review, 7 Dec. 2020
As the two debated, the Living Bread told the tempter that man lives by every word from the mouth of God.
—Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 3 Sep. 2020
The supreme tempter is Satan, who uses our weaknesses to lead us into sin.
—Eli Rosenberg, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2018
Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 14 June 2025
The men live with a group of single women, known as the temptresses, while the women move in with a group of single men, dubbed the tempters.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Jesus again rejects material gain, and finally banishes the tempter: Satan is not the real God, because there is only one God; the Devil doesn’t have the best tunes.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
Dre Kirkpatrick let his tempter get the best of him after Arizona had stopped Seattle on third down and during a confrontation with the Seahawks’ Metcalf, got hit with a costly 15-yard taunting penalty that changed the entire complexion of the situation.
—Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2020
In Smith’s parable, art inscribes an intimate way of seeing—and Bowles, the tempter, leads writers to betray that vision for quick hits of affirmation.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2021
The next day, Sunday, July 21, 1940, while attending a service in Holy Trinity Church, Lewis imagined a book consisting of the correspondence between a senior devil, Screwtape, and his junior tempter, Wormwood.
—Joseph Loconte, National Review, 7 Dec. 2020
As the two debated, the Living Bread told the tempter that man lives by every word from the mouth of God.
—Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 3 Sep. 2020
The supreme tempter is Satan, who uses our weaknesses to lead us into sin.
—Eli Rosenberg, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tempter
siren
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The government has not yet announced when commercial flights will resume, leaving thousands in limbo as missile strikes and air raid sirens continue across the country.—
Amanda Castro
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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When the 17-year-old ran a red light at Payne Avenue and Seventh Street, Kill turned on his emergency lights and siren and began pursuing the vehicle.—
Kathryn Kovalenko,
Twin Cities,
18 June 2025
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“Tempter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tempter. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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